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Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (13 May 1758 – 30 March 1824) was an English aristocrat and letter writer. She is best known as Lady Elizabeth Foster, the close friend of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
From Bess of Hardwick to the present Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, meet the family. There have been 16 generations of the Devonshire family, spanning more than 500 years. View the family tree and click on a portrait to find out more about each family member, or use the links below.
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; / dʒɔːrˈdʒeɪnə / jor-JAY-nə; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist.
Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, society hostess and patron of the arts, was born Elizabeth Hervey in 1757 at Horringer, Suffolk. Her parents were Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol (1730-1803), and Elizabeth Davers (1730-1800).
Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Alice Cavendish CVO (24 April 1926 – 15 September 2018) was a British noblewoman who was a childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth II and a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret from the late 1940s until the latter's death in 2002.
18 de sept. de 2018 · Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, who has died aged 92, was the daughter of the 10th Duke of Devonshire, a childhood friend of the Queen, a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret and, famously, the...
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, best-known as an aristocrat of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who made herself a centre of sexual scandal, also published her own travel-book, and left rich unpublished diaries and letters, some of which have appeared in print since her death.
